MISSION, VISION & GOALS

Inspiring adults to achieve their postsecondary goals through one-on-one literacy tutoring and mentoring

Every adult will reach their highest academic potential.

Understand and embrace their learning style
Learn the effective basic and advanced reading comprehension, persuasive writing, technology, content area and math skills to succeed in a college, an occupational certificate, a technical degree or other postsecondary degree program
Be able to independently apply successful literacy skills
Gain the self-confidence to enroll and complete a postsecondary degree program
Learn functional workplace literacy skills Core Values
Collaboration - Students will succeed when community members, businesses, nonprofit agencies, volunteers, employees and students are working together.
Awareness – Students will fulfill their academic potential if they are aware of College STILL Achievable and its students.
Individuality – Student learns differently, have different goals and different life views.
Commitment – Students, employees, volunteers and businesses are dedicated to the students’ goals of achieving postsecondary education.
Empowerment – College STILL Achievable will succeed in a culture of empowerment.

We use several assessments and qualitative and quantitative measures to define success.
We feel strongly that the assessments should match the students’ goals:
TABE, ASSET or COMPASS Assessments are administrated every fifteen weeks. The kinds of assessments are determined on student goals.
Improvements on specific college or postsecondary entrance exams.
Improvements on students’ grades and classroom performance
Qualitative interviews and success stories
Awards students receive (scholarships or promotions) Achievement of postsecondary and career goals (number of students enrolled in college, retention and graduate rates and job offers)